ME 470
Presentation Rehearsal, Final Presentation, Final Report
Presentation - Schedule
• Presentation Rehearsal
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Sign up for 1-hr slot (signup sheet on whiteboard in 2009MEL) Confirm time with faculty advisor and TA Make sure you do not double book either
• Final Presentation
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schedule is on „Calendar‟ of website
Final Report - Schedule
• Deadline: Tuesday after final presentation (i.e. finals week) by 5pm • Upload Final report to website • Deliver two (2) bound printed copies of the final report to Robin in 154MEB
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One copy will be sent to client, other graded and kept by department All reports and presentation slides from the semester CAD models, drawings, data sets, test results, simulation models, …
• Affix CDs to inside of each containing:
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Peer & Course Evaluations
• Deadline – same as final report (Tuesday by 5pm) • Peer Evaluation forms
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On line completion Peer evaluation form not used just as basis for differential grading
Assess how well teams “worked” Assess team-assignment process
• Course Evaluation forms
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On line completion Feedback on project, faculty advisor, and sponsor etc.
Presentation Rehearsal
• Come prepared
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You should already have rehearsed This is graded! Bring presentation and setup before start time Bring hard copies of slides for faculty advisor and TA to mark up if desired
Presentation Rehearsal
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• Overall organization and emphasis
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Not chronological Emphasize results from 16-week effort Organization, emphasis, results will be unique for each group
Develop prototype? Software? Improved process? … Discuss alternatives and why final solution was chosen
Final Presentation
• Incorporate comments from rehearsal, as appropriate • Your sponsor will likely be present so recognize them and thank them for their contribution and support • Plan for 20 – 25 min for presentation • 5 – 10 min for Q&A
Final Presentation
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• Practice! (again after dress rehearsal) • Dress: jackets and ties (i.e., more formal than for earlier presentations) • It should be a fluid professional presentation
Final Report - Length
• 20 – 30 pages maximum for text body (Abstract – Conclusions)
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1.5 spaced, 12 point font, 1” margins Put details in appendices No time to read excessively long, detailed reports Using your report, appendices, list of references
• For executives, shorter is better
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• Should be detailed enough to be reproducible
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Final Report - Format
• Cover sheet
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Title Prepared for: (name of client, firm, address) Prepared by: (team-member names, MIE Dept., UIUC) Date
• Table of Contents • Abstract or Executive Summary (< 1 page) • Introduction
Final Report – Format (cont.)
• Body (organized into sub-sections appropriate to your project) • Conclusions and Recommendations • References • Appendices